Hi friends! It’s been a while since I’ve done a Top 5 Tuesday, but I finally found the time to sit down and write a post for it! Today’s topic is all about the books I’m most excited to release this next quarter! I already did my most anticipated July releases post so this will mainly be focused on August and September releases. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads.
August Releases
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace is a book that I’m grateful to have an e-ARC of because it sounds amazing. Apparently this follows a girl who makes a deal with Death himself to discover who murdered her mother, and it’s considered a romantic, gothic fantasy. This comes out on August 30th and I cannot wait!
All of my blogger friends who have gotten ARCS of Babel by R.F. Kuang have said that it’s one of the best books of the year. I’m gonna be honest: I’m convinced based on their praise alone. All I know is that this is magical dark academia and it discusses colonization and “the use of translation as a tool of empire”. I think this has a chance of becoming one of my favorites of the year. It comes out on August 23rd!
september releases
My favorite book of 2021 was Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber, so of course I’m highly anticipating the sequel! The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber has the potential to make this blog forever Jacks-focused so…beware of September 13th is all I’m saying.
Sure, I haven’t read Our Violet Ends yet, but Foul Lady Fortune just sounds amazing anyways. And I don’t really know much about it so maybe I’m just sold on whatever Chloe Gong writes. I am completely and utterly obsessed with her unique historical fantastical retellings.
I’ve been a fan of Adrienne Young since her YA debut, so I’m incredibly excited for her adult debut. Spells for Forgetting has been praised as Young’s best book by many trusted reviewers of mine, plus it’s pitched as a small town atmospheric mystery!
So that’s it! Tell me your most anticipated release for the next couple of months!
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Great list! I’m also really anticipating all of these titles but I’m most excited for Babel 😍 The hype around this book is WILD!
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thank you!! IKR. i’m honestly expecting it to my be my favorite book of the year bc of the hype😅
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The amount of hype Babel has got even before it has been released is amazing. But I just know it is going to live up to it 😍 hope you enjoy all these books 💚
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there’s SO much hype (but i’m also insanely excited for it!!) thank you, i hope you end up enjoying babel!💜
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AHHH I’M SO SO EXCITED FOR BABEL!! I recently read the poppy war AND FELL IN LOVE, I’m so excited to read this as well :’)
FOUL LADY FORTUNE I NEED THAT ONE DESPERATELY AS WELL, and omg the cover is so pretty too!! Ahh, you NEED to read our violent ends so we can scream and cry over that ending!!
LOVE THIS LIST ❤
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AH I’M SO HAPPY YOU ENJOYED THE POPPY WAR it’s been on my tbr for too long!! babel sounds amazinggg.
YES AH I’M SO EXCITED. and our violent ends is terrifying me but i need to read it asap!
thank you💜
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